Wheel of Fortune Pat Sajak Oceanside I love this picture! Today was a great day! Any day putting my feet in the sand and ocean, a cool breeze in the air, the marine layer hovering above, with my friend of 45 years by my side, is a beautiful experience. Everything that happened yesterday that made it a very tough day, was long forgotten and never spoken about. We headed to Oceanside and walked in the sand and watched the surfers claim the perfect waves for their ride. We headed south on Pacific Coast Highway to Carlsbad, went into a few shops and had a delicious lunch at a restaurant that’s been there as long as I can remember. I then continued driving south through Leucadia and stopped in Encinitas at Moonlight Beach for a few minutes. We would have stayed awhile but the beach was quite crowded and so we turned north on I-5. I asked Alene if she wanted to drop a few nickels in a slot machine and she said yes. I took her to Casino Pauma, one of the smallest Indian...
Arrived! There’s a delay in posts to the blog because there’s no wi-fi here. I’ll do my best with this early in the morning. Also, I decided not to send out the link until I arrived. We got here Sunday late afternoon and Alene, Abbey and her friend Deena were waiting. Abbey and Deena left very early Monday morning for Alabama where Deena lives. Abbey will fly back to Denver on the 18th. Alene looked very tired and a bit disheveled…she cried. We had dinner, visited and went to bed. We were all up early Monday; Abbey and Deena left and Alene and I just talked and laughed until we decided to go into town (Ogalalla) for some groceries. The FF is 25 or so miles from town but we cross over the dam and it’s scary how low the water is. Also visible from the road is some of the damage that the tornado caused a couple weeks ago as well as damage from a recent hail storm. Alene said she’s got 22k in damage to the back of this place from hail. Now to Alene: On the plus side-...
Final photo Before leaving CA Gas prices in Barstow ‘Twas a long, very hot travel day. We left Jeanne’s about 8:15 and drove to Barstow for gas and another first—a sausage egg McMuffin! Next stop Las Vegas to feed and let DanaRiley out. I was desperate to find grass for her. I finally asked Siri to find me a dog park and there was one 7 miles behind us off the 15 freeway. I turned my car around and, SHIT, it’s in a gated community. I let her out under a tree and near some grass, but the sidewalk was very hot and the grass was artificial and that’s hotter than asphalt…my poor puppy. The name of the dog park was Fireman Park, so I thought there might be a fire station nearby, and yes there was! And, they had grass under a big tree. DanaRiley was able to pee and poop in 120 degree comfort. The temperature was 100 before 9:00 am and between Barstow and Saint George, where we’re at for the night, it’s been between 115 and 120 degrees. This is brutal. The drive otherwise was...
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